spice-box
Also 6 spys box.
[spice n.]
1. A box, usually having several compartments, to keep spices in.
| 1527 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 244 Le spicebox de every. 1533–4 Rutland MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) IV. 348, j spys box with a little spone to the same. a 1625 Fletcher Bloody Brother ii. ii, Here stands a bak'd meat, he wants a little seasoning;..my Spice-box, Gentlemen. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Spice-box, a kitchen-box with several divisions for holding different spices. 1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. App. 288 Centre Piece, silver, consisting of a plateau fitted with spice boxes and receptacles for flowers. |
2. A small decorated box, usually of Oriental workmanship.
| 1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Ind. Art I. 160 Small boxes of very graceful form, covered with the most delicate tracery, and known to Europeans as spice-boxes. |